🇺🇸 “Team Polo” — Ralph Lauren’s Olympic win. Jennifer Garner’s baby IPO. Snap’s glasses revenge. +Black History’s founder.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, February 9th, and today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. I'm sorry, Jack. I've been waiting to say this since we started this company 15 years ago. You ready for it? Go for it. Dow 50,000. You know, I think the Dow Stock Index is kind of dumb, but it's pretty cool that it hit 50,000 on Monday for the first time ever. it's a nice round number so besties we got you covered for all the craziness going on from wall street to silicon valley to hollywood jack three fantastic stories for today's t-boy what do we got on the pod for our first story the winner of the olympics opening ceremony wasn't andrea bocelli nope it was ralph lauren ralph stock is near an all-time high because he doesn't sell fashion ralph sells fantasy
For our second story, Evan Spiegel's 10-year revenge. Snap's new brand built to beat Zuckerberg. Snapchat's CEO is turning their spectacles into a separate company, but we'll zuck, zuck them again. And our third and final story is Jennifer Garner. She's famous for winning a Golden Globe, marrying Ben Affleck, and now IPO-ing a company. Her once-upon-a-farm baby food brand has found the ultimate customer, first-time moms. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stars... What a mix to kick off the week. Dow hits 50,000. We got three fantastic stories. I mean, it's perfect, Jack. I want to do a birthday shout out, but Nick, can we promote this one to the top of the pod? Because besties, we've got a 100 year birthday for Black History Month.
What is Ralph Lauren's role in the Olympics and how has it impacted their stock?
Black History Month. Can we go into the history of Black History Month, Nick? Dive in T-boy style. Where did it all begin, man? It started with Carter G. Woodson, the son of illiterate parents who had been enslaved. But that didn't stop Woodson from getting a BA from the University of Chicago and a PhD from Harvard. The second Black American ever to get a PhD, actually. And the first business he founded, what was it, Jack? The Journal of Negro History, a magazine launched in 1916. Then he launched a publishing house for black authors. He didn't want black Americans. He wanted black Americans to be proud of their heritage and their history. But then he went full founder mode in 1926. 100 years ago, he launched Negro History Week.
Negro History Week, right between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass' birthday, strategic. And he paid for the promotion of Negro History Week with all the educational products that he had already shipped. Boom, Negro History Week later expanded to become the whole Black History Month. Carter G. Woodson. This man taught himself how to read and write. And then he taught the nation how to celebrate his people's overlooked history. Yetis, just like every year, we're celebrating Black History Month with your best facts yet. We got a link in the episode description. Send them our way and we'll get them on the pod.
Jack, let's hit our three stars. 15 years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in a dorm. They had an idea to cause a cultural storm.
How is Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel planning to compete with Mark Zuckerberg?
It's the best one yet, but the best is the norm. Jack Nick, that's it. I don't even think they need to practice. 50%, that's a fat tip. T-Boy City on your at list. If you know, you know, cause we ready to go. We can't wait no more, so just start the show.
First, a quick word from our sponsor.
For our first story, Ralph Lauren already won Christmas.
Now he's winning the Olympics because Ralph Lauren does two things, cozy and classic. That's Ralph's American dream. Yetis, by Jack's and my fashion calculations, 2014 was like peak polo shirt. Right, Jack? Yeah, my popped collars had popped collars, Nick. And after 12 years, Ralph Lauren just announced they have returned to those 2014 peak polo shirt revenue levels. Ralph Lauren's got all-time high revenues. And that's interesting because what Abercrombie & Fitch stock was in 2023 and 2024, Nick, Ralph Lauren became in 2025. I know what you're saying. The nostalgic brand that we millennials wore as kids, we're now wearing it again, but as adults.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:31
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What is Ralph Lauren's role in the Olympics and how has it impacted their stock?
1:31–2:53
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How is Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel planning to compete with Mark Zuckerberg?
2:53–5:08
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What significant historical figure founded Black History Month?
5:08–21:00
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